ABSTRACT
Castes or classes are universal, and the measure of harmony that prevails within a society is everywhere dependent upon the degree to which stratification is sanctioned by its code of morality. In the long period between the break-up of the old aristocracy and the arrival of the new, there was no agreed standard by which the division into classes could be justified. The egalitarians could not object indefinitely to most intelligent children getting most intensive education. When that happened everyone gained; poorest technician was glad if when his wife was ill he could call a doctor with an IQ. of at least 100. The Act provided that the Equal drawn out of the common pool by each contributor to it should be adjusted at an annual Price Review. If prices rose in any year, the Equal had to be raised in proportion, and since prices have in fact been increasing steadily since 2005, the ordinary man's remuneration has grown too.
